Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1915, Page 26

Tir OMAHA SUNDAY BEE MAGAZINE PAGE,| - Presented By This (VEWSPAPER, in COLLABORATION With The ~ Caeous Patne’ Pravers L JRUTUS ALLINGIOR READ T HERE Then Seelt In Motion Pictures WRITTEN BY ing Into the glorifled West, with his head and not one more. We plcked them from “Then here it is. _ Those his right hand he held a craned toward the orchard. = There were the ground and d1a not throw one stick o name of Fushman. Kitchen Dreesil Sormars of seraniums and T S o Bt e e GEORGE RANLOLPH CHESTER some russet apples down there. stone into the tres. Isn't this e, Mr. That company has out of exist hav- ints. He premented the geraniums to pe . “Mr, Pushman, paw.” It was Mrs. Sloo- Slookum?" ing been merged Into The Pushman Kitshen t" Lt and the peppermints to Fanny. “Now. I Author of *Get-Rich-Quick-Wallingford kum, with her lands folded. “Yes, but those boys—" Utensil Company, now incorporated. Since the u_two purty young ladies will run 3 'sil him it ain't any use” crackled ‘I was just going to tell about the boys,” original company does not exist, it cannot tal out and take a little walk, and let me take care DRAMATIZED BY Blookum, £ {nterrupted Jimmy, looking his uncle calmly up those notes, and you oan refuse settlement of the office. adell ‘him yourself!” Mrs Slookum's volce in the eye: but, in spite of himself, a twinkle from any other person. The mortgage can still _They hesitated. They glanced at each other CHARLES w GODDARD but her eyes were hard, and her came into his own brown eyes, and hfs stand as & lien, however, against the absorbing dublously. Then, overcome by the flattering . huand #tood his gun earefully in the cor- uncle saw It. “While we were in the fleld company, and can be held until such time as attentions ot G. W, Slookum, they escaped his Builder of the World's Greatest Serials er " g gathering up the apples which had been that company might be in temporary dificulties. fatherl: on the shoulder, and went out All right; 1 '"!n he grumbled, and wont taken from us, & lot of other boys came Th n. by thunder, I can make trouble with thrvutK h- r-cwrz door and giggled them- ile where younfi Pushmaz {n and clubbed the tre selves half sick ; . Slookum plunged . trom the horsehair couch with emilirg “They were your gang, by dander!” ex- That's da & nonsense,” crackled Slookum. fever) into the office book INTRODUCING ploded G. W. Blookum. fi. was fairly quiv- "You don't know the law, lc:r you wouldn't how ::lyhlndlo m.°|.°£«-- b'y 13\‘:;1' o had no notice of collection from any er! ith th, h! think up a sch Iike thi tried | o BURR McINTOSH - - - « - J. Rufus Wallingford .r‘ T Y Be oaied 1 aaeas oy Sgn Wi wrath 54 A come in " They It wae Blackie Daw's time to pause, and he il paVe my note which falls due to-mor- were strange boys that I never saw be. 4id it most crestfallen B W e e e e e row 1 MAX FIGMAN Blackie Daw D66, 1 Aiver srestiia Slasen. ™5 X, shman hurried into the apartments W‘lllnfiorfl in_the Hotel Dingle, The tallest bell orted G. his derby on the table, dropped a_bag 'y . . T SR R “1*don’t banks for collection. If the w. I - LOLITA ROBERTSON - Violet moners there. T can mot it ae well as they TZ. s.,?f"é‘:"r‘oh"' I T e oy X g R R ww el ".‘.'.'a"n‘a'u‘."yfi’d".’.'na"'f."‘:".‘ Copyright NS by Tue Btaz Co. AN For i Chm Dappy o shy that youll mot b v from the door. " Bl neck bolt upright. “T1i have to bu mfin ang laughed. sl olga ‘L’lu Reserved. thin hand gripped the dry and dusty P ik en lavatol Bir. Pushoes -;' , Rutus Vwallingford studled the intelli- stock in the Pushman Kitchen Utensil 'W-ll Jre're clean!” he exulted, and opening of um with great cordiality. An 'll be out of town tomorrow; 8o, if you 3 l untenance of his nephew quite ear- to vote my enemy out of office.” Nlll\ 0 draw out packages of money mmmrm youu:n' velation to the Slookums of fon't raiad T aEe U5 ke, e M0y kra Simmpt 86 fncutren Mr. Slookum, who was.an excellent um. e et et Cen t! - e cocl s head eways at » "“Never heard of 'em,” crackied Mr. Slookum, a" yru{hfi:‘:el’lo‘l‘gfi = ‘l‘hn. n:mng“:llldt:";_ Ak'oahlrtn?: t‘:r b;m 01“ ltwlnltd ashe “How much mdhey would that uk-r' uldn’t get down L] cle. spiciously, -one thoulland n.n » o mc quick enough to beat Daw to it, litters, A 'rl’ Ay o ol or m and he took the entire fifty-five I'd h.la back you ever hunt di pt and sharp. ncorporated for a hundred thvu “Never heard of ‘em.” K onluot see b oburvod r .10 D.'h with lh: flm‘pfl'y e 4 Datt huk “He ean't prov. ted "That's onou'h for him, “Old Blookum was the cautious party., Y h. telegraphed connolsseur lookalh ortg! lnd ll!d it on the center tabl and he company's an exciting ?‘l.d :filunt%gb o stranger, Wi (v ¥ 9 itk o cotnar otnins Biirer t0emoishtad turned moern en you sand, and Pushman has the sale of the stock, ted. “Ver 'well. u--n.; went on latid ';{.‘.’;‘,’,n};;:,'r: & habitusl joker” ex- ovlon:‘ Jhience, he it “the lamp. "produced come to me A el N my boys, They're snapping it up like hot cakes aroun: v?‘,:{.rm;':',g" o a i the ez walkt " T “Oh 1" commented M and pu on w > ro : y. you “'"""'1' o spite of that fa s read the check, to Blookum. tngtora, §7o%) " your exK_ ju hind the LT ot Biackle, “he 18 rd 'y “4" and to the crossing °’l$“:l.‘..ll nno K [ tm % mur salesman in the '.'nr:l ‘:utl" U n he reluctant!; runted. “Busl- observed Mr. Slookum, blinking hls ..., plekl:‘ up?" and he sat down to his old q bookcase . “I_am _about to intersst Mr. Daw with me ated young Pushman, with en- v} In the Pushman Kitchen Novelty Company’ thusinsm. '*1 found & New York jobber to Fout o0 Wallingterk oy ihars e oot ‘“‘Y handle my goods, and he's keeping me busy. T "M gloakum, his moutn He takes the ten-day discount, too. About a w,.;‘_’,n, . # timer next week, I'd like to discouni that second It has lacked capital”’ declared Walling- MO8 “Iave you aver looked over Mr, Push: . Vith & Jerk, Mr. Blookum stopped wrltlnr, “You don't want to do that™ he hastily advised. “You dos want to cramp your prod cln' power. lll extend this note If you 0. ‘T wouldnt have it extended for a min- te, I'll p-‘y you oft If it cripples my en- T answ, with & saw-file. The corners of his nose wrinkled up toward his eyes, “T've been down thete & dogzen times to see what chanoe there was to get my mnne{ back, and I won't lm e o Ry Mo e m't"","“ g omething to say about that!” . 3 mulh& sfooicum, who' never ilked to col- 1i's due, lll el.u- up young Push- ”‘ m.l eapital ‘,’ tlh' Inl-r-;l 1"" gvod, a7ing me oripples your business. you t,in & buninens asset,” responded Walllg mig Rt mot b ‘able To"pay me clear out: 8o D- Could we make the money we ‘'with. YOU don’t discount any notes. You need we do_wi ‘§00d clothes? Cortalnly not!” and he CARUMLL L. about. that; ou! wswelled his broad chest complacently. ‘T'm ol g and '}ho young » here was he cast ® f.‘.“"“"‘ m,"'r ':"wk.‘:m_“,n cting 1O hope of my otun nonoy in this town, °‘|fi' r to M' “I've fo I've tlk-n in outside capital—Mr. Wal- 4 heard of, pmnmm. i % don't do bustess FIONL L 1 eng came up with a fork. ful of thal warned, " “You car ness with pre- p) ..."}3" %‘v:fil::t'v‘m. ot b.méhuum.a - “ae's’a ‘sinner! D o Y unt sell " ‘em!" interrupted @. W. gust outside the fence of G. W. Slookum's --w. 11 sell the goods before we um-t. and m }l‘"fl 'fl'fi"‘nfl;" uluw:‘“h'!lfiord and padog s B g P I S he and the capa were fllad with avples. ise this company, and we won't uko up 8 w B100kam gy e T O —_— = A A e # cornar of the house. Though he had been in e Y T o T with us.s and Wallingtord Dlain slght of the apple tres and of the now T ey upon Sicabum. | “1f you n-ra qgome uneasy instinci had warned mnd L T K o ey, Rim Dresence of boys. He took off A e hey s ot & oamt 0% & and put on his far-awsy :f.‘l T ana. teaning ‘:‘ mflcd in & o s 2T i ""4'.-3“ ] "l'll. ~e 20 asses; t “He; ou, And Ll mu-:;"" and, leaning back, He fmrma straight dows 'n. wi “That's the only way T4 ge into business. glompin n Tred: Bloowumn. puretng his, Nps K e money (hat can be Kot without a risk, and SAUl-! Tm willing to invest.' wo boys ! T o A terriflo uproar broke the peace of the beau; “Rey S Shumht yeu at u I".7elied Slogkum. ul'ul autumn. There were the WMW & “We're n“!' S o pmmn oad. 8, dos. the yells of 4 farmhand sous NTT6 BOL O TORT BNy ered AndY. g gt 7 B d “Wa don't have to put "em back " immedi- ot be e Shrined ilied "lt'- some of them danged boys™ shr nol lnnouneta Toad. Jimmy had not & m in great «xrll'munt. and hu.“l" He stood qulo!lyyunenln‘ to mouth _ pinched ua. With s 1ittle hatt-smile. * “Theyrs our ; 3 ; “ les. " -rtl'r-d Iv:r‘" o a.n-r m’ o joe “Now xo for a walk” beamed Slookum. passing over his faded weraniums and wtale peppermints, * charged Blookum. hired hand reached over ¢ nhbcd the caps out of the bo: & the apples in I- I! runhod back Inlo t!u kitchen for his ou_atol nn? while Wl"lnx‘hrfl and Blackle mw “::.M.-:‘ly Walling rulh ed o- an t'o h“ o ?; will. was alluhln: tho &flcnf ' no the nephew of Ingford, with & ol ivoting [ town today, because the company, In my sujt _ “Certain noiToboraced. Wi m “Poll T e R R 0 R Ernntn 1t aaainet thein, ehowed & Drofl Ui va s Hin: wired me, and 1 Wired Pollet te Order three t! m. oth-r side.” Ho rose. He expanded dnd thousand dollars capitalisation, of over thy _nut’hflufl-d dollars’ worth." s far af h could, and then tossed the m- bro.a chest. "n- ‘were m handed with & numme -na nny rcr cent. a year [ be new goods, ug" outsida_the fence. 8 my boys, sir” He raised the plitch of his W. ped, and & spasm of paln Blackie Daw, Tondlisg tha momes. ome, or I'll spank youl" he yojce. He was a most effective orator. ‘The l-lu:h.d at -u m- wrinkles. you know we've shipped Pushmaa’ " whole troubl-. llr. !loosu 18 that you have “¥ figured that out-myself,” he corrob- ihousand dollars’ worth f -u-nut s to Paul A - 8nd peen the autocra gloville entirely 00 Pollet and back twenty-four ooking bull h e “l’ on his clear e ased steadily into the 'beady oy ot TR g g e el oll, Pushman don’t like Wallingford.” “And Paul pald cash overy fimer Chuckled 1onily ‘around and sround T D reckied onea of G. W. Blookun Wufored. injustics At nur'i.n 1 am going Il simply get Pushman to sell me ftty-one Wallingford. - “However,” the divid et a O ave urned With the 8u- geriilat,dld you ayt crackled Slookum, in §0"ierd M Eookum, 12 hin gommynity can be Per cent. of that stock, as soon as my money cldfed Just bet Shat-ns seemed to have turned W hment. theottied by & loan eharki . He bent on Gets here next week. Then Til call & meeting that maney. ‘What's here, tumn leaves; was throwing golid, green 8p- "You must_giye us back our spples” Sicokum his sterncst gaze is round face had &nd vote Wallingford out of office. make my. Seventy.five thousand, ‘sven* la, ples at the farm-hand. ', "‘;}.‘.‘m,“ .; my firmly. “We can have YOu reddened, he shook & threatening fore- self President, and vote mysell a big enough Wallingford shook his head. X reached the on, th 3 arm- He 'goll o nua or hl[hwl! robbery.” finger at the shark, “Good day, .n»w and salary to eat up all the profits ex: six or seven _ “Fotten we had to sell twenty-five thousand the village mortgage bolder," m- of the lgv‘" in the eye. He “We cap prove they were our apples.” tuming he stalked, in outraged majesty, into per cent.—that'’s enough for stoc holdom T1l for the treasury,” he -orma ut it wouldn't the fence bao went on my. entirely unruffled, though gy gdjoining room. -mw that fellow, Wallingford!” and , have been safe to have set ove you'd sting Slookums _“There's no use in our losing our tempers (0" gkt of u pecullar satistaction began it Jomping from.hix. chair, Happed his mancs be: motion stock. = ¥irst o ‘all el ‘take out, fust over » boyish " prankc ige, tnis, y t Dlngiovile awoke 15" ihe_sact % bag, hind him and stalked SR TRadly *across. and thres thousand for next weels atipment.” and lingtord. up) 10 ® oYUM morning at e grocery store, and th the 7. R fus Wallingford, a new ucron the roo: he counted the money to ane side. “Then we'll to_our little business conversation ton,* lour poonlc Sy oo them. He) cm-n e alve, For .‘m‘" "look Bt . MF. Slookum was silent for & long, long time. take out twelve thousand for expenses.” He Thare won't be S5y business conv '|"“ g oduced % BINK grocers siin $in e tinene o jitanice, 100K At He ‘was busy fguring. That company had shoved that money to one mide. “We won't eclared the owner of the app) "y w i ngle item, “Apples, ,_e{g' dol" st il Wallingford came mMade fourteen thousand dollars in a count the trifie we lost when I turned those it emphasis. l'm‘: rough witl w.n your apples, why Jote you . and working to ca- That was a hundred and sixty-elght lhou-nd mortgages over to the bank this morning, nor out of my vard! Gf sneakin .round my tree?™ Blooku dollars a year! Bix per cent. dividends on the will we count the three t i i A " fhipping goods as fust as the Gl italization would only have amounted to six are to pay Paul Pollet. That comes out "of L t comes out of . 3 tree” r‘llm‘ could making money himselt tran- “My notion about It 1s that we should Eheet jnq) ,‘..,m, ..,f"'"" NIWe atayed right hands over fats, . i W g VLR e oF o mm.:' Now .‘K:‘"::',ER.'E:".“‘?.‘J‘"?“‘ ” up,” observed Blackie Daw, with "w"ll 8t out here on the road. We want our apples. Some —I. me-lun.rora. Take ':1 - m Walllngford wouldn't care much “Half,” responded the youn; the unsmiling face of J. Rufus e ol Slookum and Andy looked at Gach the matter of that la for Instance. This ,youo"(Re business It he couldn't control the *I just wanted fo mes whether you have the ;.::‘ 1..‘:-;br.«.lr‘¢ctb?‘\‘:r’:\:‘rr:v‘:: a‘l'u;l ’nrd"w.l:_l ny.l.r in m,“;l.a mn. snt of S Soteed mil:vtv :.y'ma‘n-mhmn:'zhu:uwm:;{ufl?x:\i business and get all those extra profits” he mt' kind of stuff in you or mot” chuckled s "I reckon they got the rig " ‘ pec ford, “and menre e B G R, DU S e et handl P onteres WEpte 1o oien S 3 M Rgnde S8 Aol T, 104 O, vt ored S04 bl "Benidey pearta T e gt one” foo gire them back their apples or e e M ¢°"k Blackle smacked his fist in his palm. “Didn't lad thi VL‘.:." Pushman had L% eaested Walling- hai”was ‘Shough, Toad Jessup put his ohbers: Pati Follet & ' Company. You Raamy S0 At the. it ‘Didu' e Tuake that a "Ycu must glve us back our apple 3 yourg Pushunas, looks 3 . B Sav -“ os Imetiately” intar ora, "'.'. ‘t‘r' &-g to think umt and his forefinger in his mouth allingtord shawsd up. this Daw. person, st ptech te the Jury. in Witish he Fntgs me 'm’,“,'“:“‘;; {.:’_:‘.;o,‘“““"" snapped Blackle, The s oednrien | “All ¥ agreed Blackie, with & Qiiut 1t Lungs, and emitted & whistle so rigiti " Showed that Baw hadn't sold'u acl- 0% 0 v, SommisAen; 4pd, GRS 5P SN e Y ! have the right stuff” chuckled nk l’lhmtn op gbuldn't tell 1t From Just shrill that G. W. Slookum seered to raise lar's worth of {o‘?‘u not a dollar's worth: PeoPle y hsee he'd h“m Up their local J. Rufus’ o1 think you'll do well. * Hi - Tooking at you: but Fve this to say: It JOU straight up from the ground. Instantly while, in less tl month, Pushman had Dered in any wey atter had BUUt P H i cleville W for you y ot ore’s ten i were thinking the way you looked, you'd B® from among t. hrubbery across the side Mmade shipments to his big jobber smounting to Bis. foet forever T Pushman drew the bills g him hc\ler off If you went Jiggerbaiting. You road from the apple emerged Over twenty thousand doll | But, say ; would ""‘m"n there Was long pauss, i which G. “‘f We should bave had a contract!” he s figgerbait by ‘ear, Pushman. It the full aight-force of beil-boys from the you ever belleve there was such a profit in the o slookum speculated. nound lke & peanut and-— Hotel Dingls, They came running, and with egE-beater business? Bringing all those books don't get your money wunti m. can't make a legal contract!” wan & the bay-window: a wheop ® Th: over the fence. 1o court was & mighty fine education in the . YU SN, JOU COOT, K0, 2L, anorted. Blackie. = “Why, Pushman, when we “Yoi kids are nlnl € home! J. Rufus ‘l‘h n of them, but they moved Possibilities of a well-conducted m“""‘“"u came along, the auy end’ you saw to your busi- prompt.y informed them. like seventy. Clubs bplant. ‘Why, the Pushman ol x. ness was to have it taken away from you, with factory had Tona Tessup. who had been meek as 1onE and siones few ap Among the branches like s over fourteen thousand dollare wnce. Walll as he could. turned squerely away from his bombard q.mn battery. The ford had backed it! Two-thirds, WAIII - CRecher-board with ‘& Jerk e had been talleet \.',";T"JO,S"F." med for Sust & moment, share was. Wouldn't old Slookum be 5 °d han you in debt. TIII WA ha t thousand The -ne. o the Pu-nuun Kllohon Utenst! ¥ WEE. Tox have "-;"'g{.": '.'1“ the cautious M 'lleh ‘was stolen .m,". hm"m. over, et BEW Be SLTaiahts an “saster ih d in the eye with a think that he'd had a chance to back that m G. owum M mn MV‘"I establishment "? - ened D1 eeancnns’ dat busineny and Set all that predt! OM Siookws :,.."‘,,‘"m"m"-“““"u',"" Wing " londel oos. o T AT T A rllhl: we'll ko home,” he stated. We're But the tallest bell-boy was the om‘ one ‘was s sick. There was no ite in Ola frash B paint on the front, and at the ined. “This is all I get for being - o X part, Mot having much fun here Jimmy looked who hesitated, even for & moment. Every Slookum was not only desperately i but he o ol et of Daint on tee Dt snd St the _.,L‘_ L Be to give away office secrets” &t im with & quiet smile, but he sald noth- other boy was In_ three places at once, d W-l trantic! n tassels. Slookum saw all this from scross the Wallingford's smile faded, and his eyes nar- to Wallings m., or did b ter his' position over the app ralned on the ground lke his back door. The -tnn. loafing nonchalantly in the shade of the rowed. here, my young friend. don't o ddn't ag ldymln[ out gnes. Betore G whmr:\‘nm.a\‘:l‘d"!r::‘ “‘:I W'f:’h;:“"“ “‘ Rk et e Wiy of & framily Baloon ; watched It patient Make any mistakes about moralicy I he warned n went on erly judge what he shou! o 1 til e saw J. Rufus Wallingford and young ou knew they were not your " tree had n strd of all its. apples to w but he sat there and llchod un A anabned Walllnkiord. He was rolonting Fhis most of ita lekves Ah3 some Of Its branches *Th res & stranger .'3,,_}" _“..." f".-.q.a Svse and entared the ofics. - New deska: pectectly now.” aald youns whe the frat time hie han'condescendsd 0 and every apie had been picked from the "“‘fl":..:’"&v%mm ¥ m“ —- Shaire, new ruiings: o B Ak T oyes n ....': '“‘t:. Daw wuu Jl.m-; q..” that notalng you wi As sty to. M ‘om( of ulollb oW s “‘ “ -y l;um':‘m" :;\rlrnfinvdounl hdr oura,” r.g-v«y rerponded Toat '|¥ Jimmy Wall |nlford .na Toad Jessup had snd_grambling, raved (o from ‘the moment he had staried to eross the Ipe sbout his anpies found out about Hancs at Rereotly silent Jirmmy. o8 nothing (s s "l Toia’ Yy Bac the horse-hair room, and the strenger M Your mephew skinned his have to get it" soramblad lato m. 4 na had studiously be _— than l:‘. G Daw, who: with '{.‘;"‘a&‘:}"\?’“”k""“ '%:‘ ’:“fil“' There wah & snort ckle. fAlled their ith _apples and had his mt “‘m""mfl ."‘“‘“‘m s eol Tt ,,,.,‘,, hard bony smacked young “Trats all Tl hedr™ wos the nnal and eliibed ou: aguin, trudging sturdily down his black s el e labelied e Puahmans Pustman Fght st e ninas of s av. clinebf sreument of JRufus “Lasve fhe roac. toward the town. They had mot ally across the room. . . 1 s much Near the typswriter & large desk, labelleq mediately Simost instantly: 1n_far the thtown a stick or & ston b+ and he dsliberately bent the ead “Mr. Wellingford.” 'And on her {able wis & bowl Something hard and bony smacked youns Pust- 'n'myn elatterad out, not halt so crest- Jimim; and Toad tried !c sllp out of the l"‘lm ""‘ [ od It of swestheart m -n"&. Thooe two missiies were the l.ul;n a8 ulfi""bll;;‘h‘un a"" oung hz wuen O. W. Blookum called at the of 64 mustache and inserted it between P b 08, E.m. Daw, and one more thump ' R n in admairation o sve Jimmy's uncle, but Mr. Slookum Bl teeth L and he frinnst. If oojected t where “l am the victim of ioe I ran ot his r!nt landed the amateur sprawling (heee boys to stay i Daw, tousling his_biack hair down over bis tln €isturbance had subsided. and “"!‘nn&' gon kids" h;‘ w-ontu "l‘»} o dop’t nolg 1 st thom. S oty inaisted Pushman had gon. Rufus Wat'- ' P“muhu with the deal” in @ my property. They skinnea forensad. T %« wat leatly on the amn of the couth ! “They only ralsed our prla- tree. 1 Ywant to know if you ._: of deep trouble <n his brow 2 that sort of thlng out this, boys?™ inguiced Walling- _ “Un-] not with the sternness t mere o- -la l!oo um. We'll have to charge him bt ) oun, Pusama. um m D-'. tossing things into thelr grips fo deperture, CM\‘ ered chesrfully, as Lae 2 -odz of s 00fenyoing & strange game n-h 'ma roostad on coie brancies and could only be enticed by l'quo: & Recsiving no answer (o his iuvitation to g .po;‘fflmfl"ll Blackie wg::nlr’ an\ sed. “Now, don't you worry about little Jitamy.' he advised. an just how IL was, uncle! manner {00 tn the direction of Mr. Blookum L bolore we went, we bought some ..M “ othar. a8 If he were trying Tocery *he pinf to wring an ides from them. “Certainly he is!™ Wallingtora ‘ 2 the T can lick snybody who hints that he len't I and held one That Kid's only smert - e = s 1 “That's t” again urua Wallingford, but S Do let Blackie finish the packing by himeelf n out to Fann on nt n o Warden . ZAnother ‘Adventurs Next W esk.) e R S